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Old Nov 1, 2007 | 05:23 PM
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swaping a camaro dash in a firebird

ok i have a firebird but i am making it a race car and all the gages in it dont work so i want to put my autometer gages in but heres the thing in a firebird dash there is not very much room to put the new gages in so i want to put a camaro dash in so there is more room to put all the gages in it I am not doing this for looks so please dont say i am dumb i am just doing it so i can put all the gages in a good spot for me to see. SO HERES THE QUESTION WILL A CAMARO DASH FIT IN A FIREBIRD I CAN GET ONE FOR VERY CHEAP LIKE $50 FOR DASH AND DASH PAD. THANKS
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Old Nov 1, 2007 | 07:24 PM
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Re: swaping a camaro dash in a firebird

the camaro dash should fit without problems, after all hey are the same car lol
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Old Nov 1, 2007 | 08:01 PM
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Re: swaping a camaro dash in a firebird

thats a pretty cool idea, I like it.
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Old Nov 1, 2007 | 09:43 PM
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Car: 1986 caged out firebird
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Re: swaping a camaro dash in a firebird

i am going to buy the dash monday so i will try to get some pics of it up at the end of the week to show how it looks.
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Old Jan 6, 2008 | 08:37 AM
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Re: swaping a camaro dash in a firebird

Did you ever get around to finishing that, I was thinking about doing the same thing
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Old Jan 6, 2008 | 12:37 PM
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Re: swaping a camaro dash in a firebird

yea i did it looks very good i will post some pics later
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